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As many of you already know, the Oscar® for Achievement in Visual Effects went to the film Hugo, which featured the work of Seneca graduates and professors. Six graduates and professors from Seneca College worked on Martin Scorsese’s 3D children’s adventure, including Professors Mahmoud Rahnama division computer graphics lead and Kenny Tam (division computer graphics supervisor) and graduates Tricia Kim (matchmove artist), John Dinh compositor, Karen Cheng (compositor), and Rickey Verma (compositor). Read the rest of this entry »

Communitech is using the latest technology to help companies find suitable candidates to fill some of the 1,300 specialized tech jobs currently available in Waterloo Region. More than 15 companies will participate in the TechVibe Online Career Fair Tuesday, Feb. 28^thfrom noon until 6 p.m. EST, which will feature virtual booths and enable live conversations between recruiters and candidates. Read the rest of this entry »

Interview Rocket Ltd. has officially launched its signature online recruitment tool. Built to the specifications of more than 50 recruiters and industry professionals in seven countries, Interview Rocket has the most comprehensive feature-set of any online video interview service. Read the rest of this entry »

EXFO has announced that the new BrixHawk Distributed Analyzer will be showcased next week at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. Now commercially available, this latest EXFO innovation addresses a currently urgent need for measuring network and application quality of service (QoS) and determining subscribers’ quality of experience (QoE). Read the rest of this entry »

Toronto’s Crestwood School presents Race to Nowhere, the hard-hitting education documentary that exposes the silent epidemic in schools. This documentary investigates and exposes how our high-pressure, high-stakes culture has invaded schools and children’s lives, creating an unhealthy, disengaged, unprepared and stressed-out youth. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of Transport, Infrastructure and Communities and Minister of the Economic Development Agency of Canada for the Regions of Quebec, has announced that Montréal InVivo, the life sciences and health technologies cluster of Metropolitan Montréal, has been granted funding to establish a provincial mentoring network for entrepreneurs in the sector. Read the rest of this entry »

eDev Technologies has released inteGREAT 7.0, a new enterprise class version of its award winning requirements definition and management platform that extends the capabilities of many Microsoft platforms including: SharePoint, Visual Studio Team Foundation Server, Office, Project and Expression Blend SketchFlow. Read the rest of this entry »

Students and graduates in the Waterloo area and across southern Ontario, will benefit from nearly $2.5 million to help stimulate innovation through skills training. This funding, announced today by Peter Braid, Member of Parliament for Kitchener-Waterloo, on behalf of the Honourable Gary Goodyear, Minister of State for the Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario (FedDev Ontario), will enable the University of Waterloo, Shad Valley International, and University of Waterloo Commercialization Centre to expand their diverse programming in the science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) fields. Read the rest of this entry »

Singular Software™, a Vancouver-based developer of workflow automation applications for video production, has enhanced its support for multi-camera workflows in the company’s PluralEyes® for Apple® Final Cut Pro® solution. The multi-award winning PluralEyes technology, which quickly and accurately syncs video and audio clips for dual-system audio and multi-camera productions, now outputs multicam clips, fully automating multi-camera syncs for Final Cut Pro X editors. Read the rest of this entry »

The Honourable Bernard Valcourt, Minister of State for Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, today announced a Government of Canada investment that will help people in New Brunswick develop the skills needed for an increasingly technological world. Read the rest of this entry »